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half of the cuts would come from the pentagon and the other half from non-defense discretionary programs. today representatives of the defense contractors educational institutions and other groups held a news conference to call on congress to come up with an alternative to the automatic cuts. >> welcome and good morning everyone. i am at emily and i'm the executive director of the coalition for health funding and the cochair of and dd united representing the full breadth of interest in non-defense discretionary programs. and dd programs are core government functions provided for the benefit of all including public health and safety, law enforcement, education and job training, veterans services, medical and scientific research, weather monitoring and environmental protection, natural resources, housing and social services and transportation and infrastructure. ndd is pleased and honored to join with the aerospacaerospac e industries association and its unprecedented effort to stop sequestration and find a balanced approach to deficit reduction that does not include further cuts to discre
half of the cuts would come from the pentagon and the other half from non-defense discretionary programs. today representatives of the defense contractors educational institutions and other groups held a news conference to call on congress to come up with an alternative to the automatic cuts. >> welcome and good morning everyone. i am at emily and i'm the executive director of the coalition for health funding and the cochair of and dd united representing the full breadth of interest in...
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like many of the people he'll lead in the pentagon, he's earned a combat infantryman's badge. and this is not something that is in the abstract. he has two purple hearts from combat service in vietnam. he still carries shrapnel in his body from his injuries. on any issue having to deal with the u.s. military, i have long valued the firsthand experience of chuck hagel. but this service alone is not are what makes him qualified. he's been a leader in the public and private sectors. he cofounded van guard cellular systems, a successful cellular carrier in the 1980's and 190's. he was president and c.e.o. and the chief operatin operating off the 1997g-7 summit. he served as president of an investment bank and is a two-term united states senator. clearly a qualified nominee. since his nomination was announced last month, some have questioned senator hagel's position on a number of issues. notably, his support for israel. at his confirmation hearings, he's reaffirmed his record of support for israel. he's defended israel's right to defend itself against aggression. he is committed t
like many of the people he'll lead in the pentagon, he's earned a combat infantryman's badge. and this is not something that is in the abstract. he has two purple hearts from combat service in vietnam. he still carries shrapnel in his body from his injuries. on any issue having to deal with the u.s. military, i have long valued the firsthand experience of chuck hagel. but this service alone is not are what makes him qualified. he's been a leader in the public and private sectors. he cofounded...
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we don't want the pentagon even make the determination as to what the excess capacity. we had testimony from the secretary of the army who said that in 2004 was the last time they study the issue and the excess capacity was determined to be 20% in army installations in the continental united states. now, he speculated that the number was much greater now. but that success has prohibited from finding a. we've got to at least know what the number is so we can have an intelligent debate in this committee. so i rise in strong support of this amendment. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. what purposes does ms. noem request on? >> speak in opposition. >> recognized for five minutes. >> i was proud to vote with my college on the readiness subcommittee to support the section 20 7-11. there's no doubt our country is facing serious is the challenge is pretty to look at the 2000 by brac it's the perfect example for why this an image should not be pursued at this point i. the 2005 brac cost more than $35 billion but it was a 67% increase over the original estimated cost. a
we don't want the pentagon even make the determination as to what the excess capacity. we had testimony from the secretary of the army who said that in 2004 was the last time they study the issue and the excess capacity was determined to be 20% in army installations in the continental united states. now, he speculated that the number was much greater now. but that success has prohibited from finding a. we've got to at least know what the number is so we can have an intelligent debate in this...
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they tried to impose a pentagon authority that didn't work. we had unquestionably powerful secretary of defense. where is dhs not evolution? >> when i took over and have been better a little under two years, tom had done a great job, but it was an amateur department and a lot of the processes that you're used to the department of justice where he worked for many years are simply absurd. it was a fully fleshed out way to manage schedule or briefing or press are things of that sort. so there was a lot of feeling out the frame. one advantage we have a dod didn't have, which is we didn't take a couple of existing pieces and put them together. in the short run that made it more difficult. it also meant the entrenched way of doing business, which they faced at the pentagon was not really present in dhs because no one with any trenches. everything had to be built from scratch and that gave us the opportunity under my successor, janet napolitano to bring in a sense of joint mess. we liked at the department of defense and goldwater-nichols to say, how
they tried to impose a pentagon authority that didn't work. we had unquestionably powerful secretary of defense. where is dhs not evolution? >> when i took over and have been better a little under two years, tom had done a great job, but it was an amateur department and a lot of the processes that you're used to the department of justice where he worked for many years are simply absurd. it was a fully fleshed out way to manage schedule or briefing or press are things of that sort. so...
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defense spending and half is on nondefense spending, so it's about $46 billion in cuts hitting the pentagon. about the athena marketing discretionary instead be an 8.5 to 9% across-the-board cut for every agency of the government with some exceptions. the entitlement spending on medicare, social security is largely spared to the skies. >> it is a quick review of how the idea they sequester came about. >> this has become like watching 10 lower at this point of how this happened. bob woodward at the post has been putting forward findings in a very pronounced way lately. according to woodward, the idea originally came from jack lu. in the 1980s they used a similar proposal as an enforcement trigger. the idea that these cuts is a researcher crony and you'd come up with a smarter way to do it, to come to a deal on how to do a better way. jack lu, if they're trying to come to an agreement, rather than use the debt ceiling increase as an enforcement trigger, they have to go through that again before the election. how about these sequestration with automatic across-the-board cuts and they had to co
defense spending and half is on nondefense spending, so it's about $46 billion in cuts hitting the pentagon. about the athena marketing discretionary instead be an 8.5 to 9% across-the-board cut for every agency of the government with some exceptions. the entitlement spending on medicare, social security is largely spared to the skies. >> it is a quick review of how the idea they sequester came about. >> this has become like watching 10 lower at this point of how this happened. bob...
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homeland has jurisdiction uniquely what the pentagon doesn't, or the nro doesn't, over the civilian space. and that is a reason maybe not well enough understood why homeland has to be an independent player, yet many in the private sector, some of the business interests have been saying that homeland does not have the competence to do this job well. do you agree with that? >> no. [laughter] spent i think that's what they call -- that's a leading question. >> one of the things we deal with all the time at dhs is perception doesn't match reali reality. and so perception is of how things work, you know, five years ago, seven years ago and the like. perception needs to catch up with reality. because point of fact, the department has moved light-years ahead in terms of its cyber capabilities come and we continue to move in that direction. president obama has continued to ask congress for the resources that we need in order to do that. so when we talk about the interaction with the private pre sector, which we did in a number of other areas already, what we are talking about linking together the
homeland has jurisdiction uniquely what the pentagon doesn't, or the nro doesn't, over the civilian space. and that is a reason maybe not well enough understood why homeland has to be an independent player, yet many in the private sector, some of the business interests have been saying that homeland does not have the competence to do this job well. do you agree with that? >> no. [laughter] spent i think that's what they call -- that's a leading question. >> one of the things we deal...
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and inside that 91 or 92 billion they move money from domestic programs to help the pentagon out. so these domestic spending bills like this transportation and housing bill are vastly different depending on which chamber's producing it. >> how involved is the obama administration as congress gets closer to its deadline for getting the spending bills done. >> they don't seem to be very involved, quite frankly. i think they're anticipating in the fall some kind of, some sort of catalyst that gets a broader budget negotiation going. now, republicans think they need to raise the debt limit, it's going to provide that spark. but the president is going around saying, well, look, you know, two years ago -- which parenthetically he was getting ready to run for re-election, he accepted all these spending cuts as a condition for increasing the borrowing cap. and if you don't increase the borrowing cap, pretty soon you can't pay off your bondholders, pay social security recipients. it's a real economic catastrophe. and he's saying he's not going to be held hostage to the threat of that catas
and inside that 91 or 92 billion they move money from domestic programs to help the pentagon out. so these domestic spending bills like this transportation and housing bill are vastly different depending on which chamber's producing it. >> how involved is the obama administration as congress gets closer to its deadline for getting the spending bills done. >> they don't seem to be very involved, quite frankly. i think they're anticipating in the fall some kind of, some sort of...
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having said that, i would refer you to the navy department to pentagon. [inaudible] on the financial future. with that janet napolitano said in february and again looking at the picture in october the possibility of a picture in october where will the nation stand? i think we asked at the time vulnerable she said yes. quote, unquote, yes. will the nation the shut down and other things happen -- [inaudible] there's no question, april, that it would have negative effects on millions of people and our economy. it's wholly unnecessary to entertain shutdown, again, for the purposes of, you know, achieving some empty political victory. which would turn to dust and ashes pretty quickly. we don't need to do that. we need responsibilitily find common sense solutions to the budget challenges and not re-litigate all the battles, and in that spirit, we said that we would accept the short term continuing residence thriewtion allow for further negotiation. we also said that in the name of the economy and the proposition the united states pays the bill to meet the oblig
having said that, i would refer you to the navy department to pentagon. [inaudible] on the financial future. with that janet napolitano said in february and again looking at the picture in october the possibility of a picture in october where will the nation stand? i think we asked at the time vulnerable she said yes. quote, unquote, yes. will the nation the shut down and other things happen -- [inaudible] there's no question, april, that it would have negative effects on millions of people and...
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this is the pentagon, the damage done to the pentagon, 300 people lost their lives there. and this is the shanksville, pennsylvania, sight of flight 93. to those who suggest that we're not in a war, i could not disagree with you more. i would say the single biggest loss of life in the war on terror was the first day. the very first day the war began, september 11, 2001. do you remember where you were at? do you remember your reaction? the first three battles in this war cost us the most lives of any day in the war. we've lost a lot of soldiers and our heart goes out to them. but there's never been a day where americans bled more than 9/11 itself. and there are three battlefields in this war: new york, over 2,000 people killed; pentagon, around 300 killed; shanksville, pennsylvania, the entire membership of that airplane. to the people flight 93, you fought back. you weren't fighting against a bunch of criminals, you fought back against a bunch of terrorists who were trying to take the last airplane and crash it into this building or some other building in washington. to th
this is the pentagon, the damage done to the pentagon, 300 people lost their lives there. and this is the shanksville, pennsylvania, sight of flight 93. to those who suggest that we're not in a war, i could not disagree with you more. i would say the single biggest loss of life in the war on terror was the first day. the very first day the war began, september 11, 2001. do you remember where you were at? do you remember your reaction? the first three battles in this war cost us the most lives...
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defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chief of staff chairman will be on capitol hill to talk about the pentagon budget and military policy. we'll is live coverage of the senate budget committee beginning at 10:30 eastern time on c-span 3 and c-span.org. >> army chief of staff said preventing sexual assault in the military is the top priority. his remarks came at the u.s. army sixth annual sexual harassment and assault prevention summit held at joint base andrews in maryland. this is ten minutes. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. how are we doing? [inaudible] it's good see everybody here. put this on here. i want to welcome everybody here today. it's a very global conference. we have it once a year, and i think it's important for us to have a discussion, that's what i want to do it's not commanders but leaders. might not have commander after the name. because of who you are, what you do, we have to set the tone for our civil began leaders as well. and make sliewr -- sure we're doing what is right. so because of many factors, i believe we have -- as you heard me say in the public, we h
defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chief of staff chairman will be on capitol hill to talk about the pentagon budget and military policy. we'll is live coverage of the senate budget committee beginning at 10:30 eastern time on c-span 3 and c-span.org. >> army chief of staff said preventing sexual assault in the military is the top priority. his remarks came at the u.s. army sixth annual sexual harassment and assault prevention summit held at joint base andrews in maryland. this is...
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men and women who work at military installations in the pentagon, sent home from work. over 80% of the department of defensivelyians work outside the pentagon. 12,000 of them work in my state. they will be a given -- they'll be given notice on tuesday morning: you have to go home. why? because there was a publicity stunt on friday. they will be furloughed -- already face if yo furlough becf a sequester. now if we allow this government to shut down, they'll have to figure out how to make ends meet. men and women who are trying to keep us safe, many of them risking their lives, are nowing about to be pawns in this political game. it is an unconscionable breach of faith. it is not confined to the military. it will cripple our intelligence community. these men and women serve as our country's first line of defense. we rely on their agencies to warn us of threats, to prevent terrorist attacks, and inform leaders making critical national security decisions. the intelligence community workforce overwhelmingly made up of civilians and the greatest portion of them will be furlou
men and women who work at military installations in the pentagon, sent home from work. over 80% of the department of defensivelyians work outside the pentagon. 12,000 of them work in my state. they will be a given -- they'll be given notice on tuesday morning: you have to go home. why? because there was a publicity stunt on friday. they will be furloughed -- already face if yo furlough becf a sequester. now if we allow this government to shut down, they'll have to figure out how to make ends...
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and the military, the pentagon. we have got ten separate programs. we're spending all this money at the pentagon right now on electronic medical records when we have a system already at the v.a. that they could have adopted. and are we just doing one? no. we're doing a different one for each branch of the service. it makes you want to throw your hands up and get sick to your stomach when you think about what we're doing today that we should stop doing so we protect the future of this country. let me just go through these. here's an area that i've looked at closely, preparedness grants. remember when fema was started ten, 11 years ago? when homeland security -- maybe 15 years ago? but preparedness grants, we built all this up so we could prepare for catastrophes, right? well, we have been doing this a number of years, well over a decade, maybe almost two. why do we continue to need more preparedness grants? and i haven't done this yet but we plan on going back to look at all the money that's gone out for preparedness. but, you know, we just passed a s
and the military, the pentagon. we have got ten separate programs. we're spending all this money at the pentagon right now on electronic medical records when we have a system already at the v.a. that they could have adopted. and are we just doing one? no. we're doing a different one for each branch of the service. it makes you want to throw your hands up and get sick to your stomach when you think about what we're doing today that we should stop doing so we protect the future of this country....